274 Terms of address in use 



San. Pali. Sing. 



&gc5 gc5" SSicS ' kara'. 



^^£9 @vo)QXa f ket'. 



It is unnecessary to multiply examples ; but I may men- 

 tion the following, which easily occur to my mind ; o3<S|], ' 

 o3<355§, £gi<ss5 f an ascetic'; ©<5g, €)«5g, €3555 'eye'; 

 cs<355q), cS-335 'demon'; ©,©3 £5^, 6)©3<S55S) 3 ©©3<3s5 'niwan'; 

 C-^? o-osJS), C^f ( a lack'; eposg, cp-asJS, ep<S55 f an eye'; &c. 



2. Another phenomenon to which I shall advert,, is, that 

 when the Sanscrit vowel ri, which is not known to the 

 Pali and Singhalese, is found changed into another vowel in the 

 Pali, that same vowel is adopted in the Singhalese. Thus, 



San. 



Pali. 



Sing. 



ceggj riju 





(5g udu, ' direct'. 



©9g mridu 



§J<5 mudu 



©§ ( tender'. 



CS9@ rishi 





©-8 f a Bishi'. 



c£9g3 rid hi 







prishtha 



8c)3> pMa 



6© jwfo f back'. 



633550 griha 





ye 6 house'. 



c^S) dridha 





e t Q data i coarse'. 



<333-b3 krita 



<2>333 



<5S)<q kala s made'. 



&y%q hrida 



hada 



e$D<^ hada ( heart'. 



<S559^ krimi 



kimi 



kimi c worm'. 



©3£D mrita 





©<5 mala f dead'. 



£33333(5 srigala 



Bc£3C sigala 



B8(^ sival ( jackal'. 



03-a^ vriksha 



dVesJ'o) rukkha (5v-85$ ruk ' tree'. 



3. It is well known that in the Pali the conjunct r is fre- 

 quently lost, which is found in the Sanscrit. When this 

 is the case, the corresponding words in the Singhalese bear 

 a greater affinity to the Pali than to the Sanscrit. Thus, 



* A word signifying * the power to go through the air.' 



